DHS Morale Problems, Leadership Vacancies Examined
GAO recently examined morale problems and leadership vacancies at DHS, which consistently has ranked low in government-wide surveys and outside …More
Fedweek
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersRetirement Rate Dropped in Fiscal 2013
Newly released numbers from OPM show that the rate of retirements fell sharply in fiscal 2013, potentially a surprise amid …More
Expert’s View: Earning and Carrying Annual Leave
Annual leave is one of the best benefits provided to federal employees but the rules on how it accumulates and …More
Finish Line in Sight on Budget
Congress appears to be within days of wrapping up work for the current fiscal year, now more than three months …More
Measure a Mixed Bag of Policies
The measure assumes, but does not guarantee, that by providing relief from the scheduled sequestration, agencies will not have to …More
No Word Yet on Phased Retirement…
While agency budgets continuing to look tight in the years ahead under the recent budget deal—although not as tight as …More
Expert’s View: Waiver of the FEHB Five-Year Rule
While waivers of the requirement to be covered by FEHB for the five years before retirement in order to continue …More
Key Interest Rate Staying Same
The interest paid in the voluntary contribution retirement savings program available to CSRS (but not FERS) employees is1.625 percent in …More
VC Program Is Not an Urban Myth
Voluntary contribution accounts are available only to CSRS and CSRSOffset employees; those employees may invest an amount equal to up …More
Personnel Test Struggles to Get in Gear
GAO recently examined a performance management pilot project being tested in five agencies known as GEAR and found that while …More
Unfinished Business Remains for Congress
Congress is back in session with one of the first chores being budgetary work left over from 2013, with next …More
Blue Collar Raise Still Pending
One provision under consideration for the catchall budget bill is extending a 1 percent raise to blue collar employees paid …More
Work Ahead on FEHB Self Plus One Option
Some employees apparently are hoping that a self plus one option will become available in the FEHB program this year, …More
Much Telework Still ‘Situational’
Both the numbers of employees who are eligible to telework and those who actually do so have increased in recent …More
TSP Closes Books on Strong Year
TSP funds in 2013 posted their strongest year in a decade, with the small company S fund leading the way …More
OPM Sets Variety of Rules Changes
OPM has released several sets of proposed or interim rules affecting a variety of benefits policies. Interim rules effective February …More
Career Status Policy Would Change
Also, OPM has proposed to eliminate a current requirement that employment be “substantially continuous” in order for employees to accumulate …More
Expert’s View: Annual Leave Payments
If you were one of the people who retired around the turn of the year, you have a payment coming …More
Workforce Demographics Continue to Change
The share of Hispanics in the federal workforce continued a years-long steady increase in 2012, rising by a tenth of …More
New Year Brings New Finances
The arrival of the new year brings several changes in the financial pictures of federal employees and retirees, some due …More
Higher Retirement Contributions Required for Newly Hired
The budget deal meanwhile imposed a further increase in required retirement contributions by those hired into government in this year …More
TSP Investment Limits Stay the Same
The investment limit on tax-favored retirement savings plans such as the TSP will remain $17,500. That’s the cap on regular …More
Social Security TaxThreshold Rises
The Social Security withholding “FICA” tax of 6.2 percent will apply to salary up to $117,000, up from $113,700. For …More
Other Social Security Figures Rising
For those drawing Social Security benefits, the earnings test applying to beneficiaries aged 62 through “full retirement age, currently 66, …More
Mileage Rate, Transit Subsidy Fall
The mileage reimbursement rate for federal employees using their personal vehicles for official business is falling from 56.5 to 56 …More
Expert’s View: Social Security and CSRS
If you are a CSRS employee who has (or will have) enough Social Security credits to be eligible for a …More
Federal Workplace Issues for Women Assessed
An EEOC working group recently examined barriers that remain in the federal workplace hampering the careers of women, including lack …More
Budget Near Finish Line, but More to Be Done
The Senate is expected to give final congressional approval as soon as later today to a budget deal that the …More
Pay Raise on Way, Although Not for All
The overall budget measure further allows for a 1 percent GS pay raise by default, effective with the first pay …More
